So the basic setup is a 10 gal aquarium setting on a couple of mirrored tiles. I lit it from above with my 580 speedlight using an off camera shoe.
The trick was to overcome the buoyancy of the peep. I did this by impregnating it with several of those little interchangeable screwdriver bits. 3 was about all I could fit in without poking out, and that was enough weight to make a splash.
Processed from Raw in Lightroom
• Fill light
• Saturation
• A little sharpening
• Spot removal
• Crop
Touched Up in Photoshop
• Levels adjustment layer with a layer mask (to brighten up the peeps head a bit)
I took about 60 shots to get this one. Sadly, 7 peeps made the ultimate sacrifice for this shot. The rest are about to make the ultimate sacrifice for my sweet tooth.
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I was wondering how you got a peep to splash - very creative! Appreciate you sharing the info on your methods. Sorry to hear of the loss of the peeps, though. Very sad...
How hard did you have to throw it to get it underwater? This is almost artistic ... except that it's a Peep, and they're just not serious art material ;-)
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